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Glenwood Park
Park
11 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Marion
Marion, OH parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.6% of Marion is conserved land, roughly 384 acres. There are about 1.6 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Glenwood Park (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Marion, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Marion outdoors
Conserved land
4.6%
384 of 8,298 acres
Trails
1.6 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
15
11 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
1.1 mi
1.1 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Veterans Memorial Park
Park
11 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Lincoln Park
Park
66 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
4
Quarry Park
Park
60 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
All 15 parks & preserves
Showing 1–10 of 15 parks & preserves
Glenwood Park11 acres · 0.5 mi of trail
Veterans Memorial Park11 acres · 0.3 mi of trail
Quarry Park60 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Lincoln Park66 acres
Sawyer-Ludwig Park57 acres
Marion County Fairgrounds48 acres
McKinley Park22 acres
Garfield Park12 acres
Chateau Park3 acres
Marion Union Station2 acres
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Playgrounds in Marion
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Roosevelt Park
Unnamed playground in Martin Luther King Park
Unnamed playground in Sawyer-Ludwig Park
Unnamed playground
Unnamed playground in Olney Park
Unnamed playground in Patterson Park
Unnamed playground in Garfield Park
Unnamed playground
Who protects the land
384 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes1.1 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball16
- Tennis11
- Basketball7
- Soccer6
- Beach volleyball3
- Softball2
- Football1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Marion
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 377 acLocal Recreation Area 42 ac
Showing 1–10 of 15 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 122 | Open |
| Sawyer-Ludwig ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 95 | Open |
| Lincoln ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 67 | Open |
| Marion County FairgroundsLocal Recreation Area | County | 42 | Open |
| Quarry Park II Acquisition And ImprovementsLocal Park | Town or city | 36 | Open |
| Mckinley ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 15 | Open |
| Glenwood ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Garfield ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Harding Memorial ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Blake Street ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 3 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Harding TombMonument
Harding Memorial ParkCemetery
Marion CemeteryCemetery
Saint Marys CemeteryCemetery
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Marion's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.